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Pained homeowners protest delay of leases on Chinese built ‘cheap’ flats

The Great Wall Gardens in Athi River, Machakos County. [Courtesy]

A storm is brewing at a multi-billion shilling housing development over delay in issuance of sub-leases by its Chinese builders.

Despite spending a fortune to buy units at the high-rise Great Wall Gardens in Athi River, homeowners have nothing to prove that they own the houses aside from a set of keys.

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